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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1953
Page
3
A damaged clipping summarizes a naval dive near Toulon with fragments noting depths, descent time, and equipment. It mentions divers, a diving box, and scientists but the text is incomplete, offering only hazy references to minutes and timing.
Corry area brief listing summer kitchen duties at the Corry Country Club and Elks Club meals this Thursday through Sunday. Local court actions include Joseph McLaughlin seeking a hearing for a simple assault charge and A Froneek placed on probation with a $150 fine. Charles Taft to speak at Allegheny College Frid. night about The Zen In Politics. General Electric refrigeration layoffs uncertain. 800 workers expected to be cut by Oct 23 unless demand rises. Arnink siblings treated after puncture wound and a laceration at Jamestown plant. New Pennsylvania Forests Council to push conservation with Ehrhart and Patterson named leaders. Samuel A. Wagner named governor of Pennsylvania District Kiwanis. Olds presents asters to Corry Journal. Voters reminded last day to notify registrar on voting districts before November election. moving within a district does not affect eligibility.
About one hundred members attended the Corry Management Club meeting as new officers directors and members were introduced. Page Louderback announced plans for the year and Howard Hutzelman introduced speaker Tarman Sherwood a blind humorist and philosopher who spoke on Selling Yourself. The next meeting is scheduled for November 18 with guest Harry Hansen from the National Association of Manufacturers.
Peoples Natural Gas Co seeks an 18 percent rate hike to raise about $6.3 million yearly. Filed with the Public Utility Commission, the schedule would take effect December 1 unless disapproved, affecting about 226,000 Western Pennsylvania customers. The average residential and commercial heating bill would rise by $1.25 monthly, and general service by 57 cents.
In Margate the British Labor Party edged toward unity after a Leftist bid for swift nationalization of industries failed by one vote. The party's executive committee allowed an emergency resolution opposing the U S defense pact with Franco Spain, a plank seen as tied to NATO fears. The split centers on speed of nationalization versus cautious expansion into state ownership amid internal factional tensions.
Mrs Bea trice Ayer Patton widow of General George S Patton died at Beverly Hospital after being thrown from a saddle horse during a drag hunt at the Myopia Hunt Club in Hamilton Mass The 66 year old was riding with 30 friends when the horse balked at a jump The Service Preparatory Communion will be held at First Presbyterian Church tomorrow at 7 20 PM Rev Stuart Perrin of Emmanuel Presbyterian Erie will preach on Poor in Spirit The public is invited
Pittsburgh May presents a last-ditch effort by Mayor David J. Laence to break a deadlock over a threatened strike by 9,000 hotel workers. Local 287 AFL Hotel & Restaurant Workers Alliance demands not yet public as unions plan to meet tonight before a strike deadline at midnight. Hotels affected include William Benn, Plets butcher, Webster Hall, Schenley, Roosevelt and Sheraton.
Harrisburg Fennsysville area school administrators gather for the annual two day Education Congress sponsored by the State Department of Public Instruction. Over 1000 principals district and county superintendents attend the keynote by Dr Francis B Haas state superintendent. Congress aims to discuss past present and future developments in Pennsylvania public education with four sessions through tomorrow and a Congress dinner tonight.
A divorce petition filed yesterday cites bigamy by Robert F. Grace. The first Mrs. Grace, mother of four, seeks relief without delay as Grace sits in county jail on fraud charges. Police report Grace married a Winchester woman on September 1 and allegedly sold merchandise linked to his employer.
Fragmented OCR style list shows a dense TV schedule with times and program names such as News Spotlite Sports, Theatre Playhouse, Arthur Godfrey and You and Your Family, Love of Life, World Series, and Children’s Theatre. It references local stations and performers, with multiple entries across the day and late evening, indicating a busy lineup from morning to night.
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